1/8/18
2008 Biscayne Bay, USCG 104,westbound, St. Marys River to St. Ignace.
1115 Algoma Enterprise, Algoma Central, westbound, Goderich to Milwaukee with salt.
0804 Samuel de Champlain/Innovation, LaFarge, westbound, Alpena to S. Chicago with cement.
West of the passage, he followed Mobile Bay to the bridge and into Lake Michigan.

12/5/17
1540 American Spirit, American Steamship Co., westbound, Superior BNSF to IN Harbor with taconite.
She passed between Mackinac Island and St. Ignace to anchor south of Rabbit Back point.
1022 Federal Champlain (salty), Fednav, eastbound, Milwaukee to Thunder Bay to load grain.
She passed between Mackinac Island and St. Ignace to anchor off Rabbit Back point.
Federal Biscay remains anchored north of Bois Blanc Island, destination S. Chicago.
0243 American Integrity, American Steamship Co., eastbound, IN Harbor to Two Harbors to load taconite.
0113 Joseph L. Block, Central Marine Logistics/Mittal Steel, westbound, Port Dolomite to lBurns Harbor with stone.
He then headed north to anchor off St. Ignace.

10/24/17
0635 Algoma Mariner, Algoma Central, westbound, Bruce Mines to Burns Harbor with stone.
0200 Edgar B. Speer, Great Lakes Fleet, eastbound, Gary to Two Harbors CN to load taconite. He did not
pass through Round Island Pass but headed north between St. Ignace and Mackinac Island to anchor
overnight before heading east at about 07:00 around the north side of the Mackinac Island.

10/18/17
0825 Indiana Harbor, American Steamship Co., westbound, Superior BNSF to Gary with taconite.
She did not go through the pass but went north of island to anchor off Rabbit Back Pt.
0501 Joseph L. Block, Central Marine Logistics/Mittal Steel, eastbound, IN Harbor to Superior BNSF to load taconite
0417 American Spirit, American Steamship Co., westbound, Duluth CN to IN Harbor with taconite.
She did not go through the pass but went north of island to anchor off St. Ignace.
0114 James R. Barker, Lakes Shipping Co./Interlake, westbound, Two Harbors CN to IN Harbor with taconite.

10/7/17
1700 Great Republic, Great Lakes Fleet, westbound, Superior SMET to Manistee/Filer City with coal.
Great Republic then went to anchor west of McGulpin Point.
1240 Michipicoten, Lower Lakes Towing, westbound, to Port Inland to load stone.

3/14/17
1600 Samuel de Champlain/Innovation, LaFarge, eastbound, S. Chicago to Alpena to load cement.
He did not proceed to Round Island Pass, but headed north to anchor off St. Ignace.
1521 Biscayne Bay, USCG 104,eastbound, breaking ice for Samuel de Champlain/Innovation,
back westbound to St. Ignace at 1537.
0731 Mackinaw USCG 30, eastbound, Green Bay to Sault Ste. Marie.

12/20/16
2106 Edgar B. Speer, Great Lakes Fleet, westbound, Two Harbors CN to Gary with taconite.
1515 Edwin H. Gott, Great Lakes Fleet, westbound, Two Harbors CN to Escanaba with taconite.
He passed north of Mackinac Island to anchor off St. Ignace then left for L. Michigan at 1930.

11/10/16
1900 Lee A. Tregurtha, Lakes Shipping/Interlake Steamship Co., westbound, Duluth CN to IN Harbor with taconite.
He went north of Mackinac Island and anchored off Rabbit Back point.
0921 James R. Barker, Lakes Shipping Co./Interlake, westbound, Two Harbors CN to IN Harbor with taconite.
He then went to anchor off St. Ignace.

12/28/15
1730 Radcliffe R. Latimer, Algoma Central, westbound, to S. Chicago. He then went to anchor in
Lake Michigan off of Pte aux Chenes
1435 Algoway, Algoma Central, eastbound, Goderich to Milwaukee with salt.
0917 Philip R Clarke, Great Lakes Fleet, westbound, to Gary. He then turned east to anchor near
Zela Shoal in the South Channel at 10:00 due to high NE wind.

2/24/15
1517 Katmai Bay, USCG 101, eastbound, from St. Ignace attempting to break ice to Jackman,
back westbound at 1632 to Algosteel and then to St. Ignace.
1039 Katmai Bay, USCG 101, eastbound, from St. Ignace to break ice for Jackman and Algosteel,
back westbound at 1134 and back to St. Ignace.

1/26/15
1814 Manitowoc, Lower Lakes Towing/Grand River Navigation, eastbound, to Toledo for lay-up.
1807 Manitou, Malcolm Marine, eastbound, then back westbound at 19:10 and stopped on the south side of Mackinac Island.
0858 Algomarine, Algoma Central, westbound, Goderich to S. Chicago with salt.
0836 Biscayne Bay, USCG 104, eastbound, out of St. Ignace to break ice for Algomarine, back westbound at 8:41.

1/25/15
1509 Peter R. Cresswell, Algoma Central, westbound, Windsor to Milwaukee with salt.
0633 Algosteel, Algoma Central, westbound, Windsor to Milwaukee with salt. Caught in ice just west of the passage.
After much ice breaking work by Katmai Bay, she backed eastbound through the passage, then westbound at 1458.

1/1/15
1831 American Integrity, American Steamship Co., westbound, Two Harbors DM&IR to IN Harbor with taconite.
Weighed anchor off of Mackinaw City to head on to Lake Michigan. Prior to that she weighed anchor a
off of St. Ignace at 1215 to re-anchor off of Mackinaw City
1723 Burns Harbor, American Steamship Co., westbound, Superior BNSF to Burns Harbor with taconite,
Weighed anchor off of St. Ignace to head on to Lake Michigan.

10/31/14
2135 Defiance/Ashtabula, Lower Lakes Towing/Grand River Navigation, westbound, to Brevort to load sand.
2009 Catherine Desgagnes, Transport Desgagnes, westbound, to Marinette, passing between St. Ignace and Mackinac Island
after weighing anchor north of Rabbit Back.
1508 Lee A. Tregurtha, Lakes Shipping/Interlake Steamship Co., westbound, to IN Harbor with taconite.
He then went to anchor near Zela shoal in the South Channel.
0930 Joseph L. Block, Central Marine Logistics/Mittal Steel, eastbound, Port Inland to Duluth with stone.
0530 Edwin H. Gott, Great Lakes Fleet, westbound, Two Harbors DM&IR to Gary with taconite.
He then went to anchor off Brevort in northern Lake Michigan.

9/5/14
2052 Burns Harbor, American Steamship Co., westbound, Superior BNSF to Burns Harbor with taconite.
1202 Edgar B. Speer, Great Lakes Fleet, westbound, Two Harbors DM&IR to Gary with taconite.
1137 Wilfred Sykes, Central Marine Logistics, eastbound, IN Harbor to Port Dolomite to load stone.
0901 Sam Laud heads west from Round Island Passage after the transfer of enough taconite from American Spirit to free her.
0830 American Spirit free from grounding and heads NE to go north of Mackinac Island.
She then went to anchor off St. Ignace likely to have a CG inspection for possible damage.
0822 Tug Missouri heads back to Sault Ste. Marie after helping with the freeing of American Spirit.
0743 Algoma Navigator, Algoma Central, eastbound, IN Harbor to Superior BNSF to load taconite.
She passed north and west of Mackinac Island to avoid the grounding in Round Island Passage.

Correction: Sam Laud was heading to Silver Bay to load taconite but was diverted to Round Island Passage
to help American Spirit by taking enough taconite from her for refloating.

9/4/14 Special Report
On or about 1830, American Spirit (westbound, Two Harbors to IN Harbor with taconite) ran aground in Round Island
Passage near buoy G-3 due to a strong seiche from Lake Michigan. She is hard aground midship to stern.

8/11/14
1909 St. Clair, American Steamship, westbound, Silver Bay to IN Harbor with taconite.
1555 Hon. James L. Oberstar, Interlake Steamship Co., westbound, Two Harbors DM&IR to IN Harbor with taconite.

2/10/14
0345 Joyce L. Van Enkevort/Great Lakes Trader, Van Enkevort, Inc., westbound, to Escanaba.
At 8:00 Katmai Bay came out of St. Ignace to break ice for Joyce from a mile west of
the pass on to and through Lake Michigan.

1/29/14
1112 Algowood, Algoma Central, eastbound, S. Chicago to Goderich to load salt.
1016 Biscayne Bay, USCG 104, eastbound and then westbound, back eastbound at 1058
breaking ice for Algowood.
0234 Manitowoc, Lower Lakes Towing/Grand River Navigation, eastbound.
0227 Joyce eastbound ahead of Manitowoc.
0142 Joyce westbound back toward Manitowoc.
0114 Joyce L. Van Enkevort, Van Enkevort, Inc., eastbound, to Cleveland.
Then she turned around to head back west to help Manitowoc through the ice. Do not know
if she has Great Lakes Trader as she is acting like an ice-breaking tug.

12/29/13
0647 Philip R Clarke, Great Lakes Fleet, westbound, Two Harbors DM&IR to Gary with taconite.
0229 American Century, American Steamship Co., westbound, Two Harbors DM&IR to IN Harbor with taconite.

11/24/13
1921 Roger Blough, Great Lakes Fleet, westbound, Two Harbors DM&IR to Gary with taconite.
0353 American Century, American Steamship Co., westbound, Two Harbors DM&IR to IN Harbor with taconite.

11/23/13
2245 Joseph L. Block, Central Marine Logistics/Mittal Steel, westbound, Port Inland to Duluth with stone.
1038 James R. Barker, Lakes Shipping Co./Interlake, westbound, Two Harbors DM&IR to Gary with taconite.
0913 Burns Harbor, American Steamship Co., westbound, Superior BNSF to Burns Harbor with taconite.
After passing under the bridge and into L. Michigan, he turned around to anchor off St. Ignace, but
did not do so and turned around to head back to L. Michigan.
0117 Edgar B. Speer, Great Lakes Fleet, westbound, Two Harbors DM&IR to Gary with taconite.
0015 Defiance/Ashtabula, Lower Lakes Towing/Grand River Navigation, westbound, to Port Inland to load stone.

10/23/13
2305 American Integrity, American Steamship Co., westbound, Two Harbors DM&IR to IN Harbor with taconite.
1745 Algomarine, Algoma Central, westbound, to Brevort to load sand.
She went north of Mackinac Island to anchor off St. Ignace.
0924 Joseph L. Block, Central Marine Logistics/Mittal Steel, eastbound, to Two Harbors DM&IR to load taconite.
0750 Algoway weighs anchor to head to Charlevoix to unload gypsum. At 1356 she again anchored off St. Ignace returning
from Lake Michigan turning around after clearing Waucoshance Point.
0128 Lee A. Tregurtha, Lakes Shipping/Interlake Steamship Co., eastbound, to Marquette LS&I to load taconite.

3/19/13
0832 Samuel de Champlain/Innovation, LaFarge, eastbound, to Alpena to load cement.
0802 Mobile Bay, USCG 103, eastbound, St. Ignace to Round Island Passage to break ice for Samuel de Champlain.
Back westbound at 0816 to meet Samuel and eastbound through the pass at 0828

1/15/13
1829 Hon. James L. Oberstar, Interlake Steamship Co., westbound, to Sturgeon Bay for lay-up.
He went north of Mackinac Island to anchor off Rabbit Back Pt.
0031 James R. Barker, Lakes Shipping Co./Interlake, westbound, Duluth DM&IR to IN Harbor with taconite.